Aquatics Director

YMCA Aquatics Department

• Hire, train, and provide orientation for all swim instructors, lifeguards, and other aquatics staff including payroll, teaching techniques, guarding techniques, and emergency procedures
• Schedule all staff hours keeping in mind budgetary constraints and participant/staff ratios
• Schedule all aquatic classes and open swim times to provide the most effective and efficient use of space and needs of members
• Approve time worked for staff in areas of responsibility
• Hold monthly staff meetings and/or training sessions with all staff
• Set close limits and check enrollments of all classes based on staffing and participant/instructor ratios
• Offer up-to-date annual evaluations and expectations for all staff
• Maintain up-to-date salary and supply control records
• Provide department program information in a timely manner to the Front Desk.
• Do Swim Lesson Evaluations after each set of lessons.
• Research, process, and approve all refund/credit requests for the department.
• Develop all fliers, handouts, news releases, brochure copy, help-wanted ads, etc. necessary to promote the Aquatic program
• Develop pool usage schedules for lap and open swim times for all YMCA members each session
• Schedule and staff summer camp and recreational swim times during the summer
• Schedule and staff all community/ outreach swim lessons during the summer months
• Schedule and staff a one-week “Splash Week” program once per year

Fiscal Management

• Develop the Department 20 - Aquatics budget.
• Track revenue and expenses for the Aquatics budget on a monthly basis.
• Responsible for all purchases, tracking, and monitoring of the Aquatics budget.

Financial Development, Community Development, Volunteer Involvement

• Work on the United Way Campaign.
• Be the staff liaison to a division of the annual Strong Kids Campaign.
• Work with surrounding individuals, builders, and organizations to provide services and trainings through YMCA Aquatics programs
• Work with municipalities to offer management opportunities for their programs; i.e. community and sub-division pools and aquatics programs
• Work with Hispanic Communities to recruit staff, volunteers, and participants

Operations

• All reports and assignments must be completed by all set deadlines.
• Lead and make sound and well thought-out judgments and decisions as it relates to staff, operations, and member concerns.
• Coordinate scheduling of pool parties with front desk so facility operates seamlessly
• Ensure growth in recruitment of participants in Swim lessons.
• Increase retention of Swim lesson participants.
• Increase membership retention
• Ensure growth in membership sales due to aquatics environment
• Accurate and timely with all assignments, deadlines, etc.
• Recruit, develop, and retain volunteers in aquatics as well as fundraising.
• Support the mission and values of the YMCA

YMCA Aquatics Department

• Hire, train, and provide orientation for all swim instructors, lifeguards, and other aquatics staff including payroll, teaching techniques, guarding techniques, and emergency procedures
• Schedule all staff hours keeping in mind budgetary constraints and participant/staff ratios
• Schedule all aquatic classes and open swim times to provide the most effective and efficient use of space and needs of members
• Approve time worked for staff in areas of responsibility
• Hold monthly staff meetings and/or training sessions with all staff
• Set close limits and check enrollments of all classes based on staffing and participant/instructor ratios
• Offer up-to-date annual evaluations and expectations for all staff
• Maintain up-to-date salary and supply control records
• Provide department program information in a timely manner to the Front Desk.
• Do Swim Lesson Evaluations after each set of lessons.
• Research, process, and approve all refund/credit requests for the department.
• Develop all fliers, handouts, news releases, brochure copy, help-wanted ads, etc. necessary to promote the Aquatic program
• Develop pool usage schedules for lap and open swim times for all YMCA members each session
• Schedule and staff summer camp and recreational swim times during the summer
• Schedule and staff all community/ outreach swim lessons during the summer months
• Schedule and staff a one-week “Splash Week” program once per year

Fiscal Management

• Develop the Department 20 - Aquatics budget.
• Track revenue and expenses for the Aquatics budget on a monthly basis.
• Responsible for all purchases, tracking, and monitoring of the Aquatics budget.

Financial Development, Community Development, Volunteer Involvement

• Work on the United Way Campaign.
• Be the staff liaison to a division of the annual Strong Kids Campaign.
• Work with surrounding individuals, builders, and organizations to provide services and trainings through YMCA Aquatics programs
• Work with municipalities to offer management opportunities for their programs; i.e. community and sub-division pools and aquatics programs
• Work with Hispanic Communities to recruit staff, volunteers, and participants

Operations

• All reports and assignments must be completed by all set deadlines.
• Lead and make sound and well thought-out judgments and decisions as it relates to staff, operations, and member concerns.
• Coordinate scheduling of pool parties with front desk so facility operates seamlessly
• Ensure growth in recruitment of participants in Swim lessons.
• Increase retention of Swim lesson participants.
• Increase membership retention
• Ensure growth in membership sales due to aquatics environment
• Accurate and timely with all assignments, deadlines, etc.
• Recruit, develop, and retain volunteers in aquatics as well as fundraising.
• Support the mission and values of the YMCA